Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-10-27

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 27
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
63 vs last sale 275 85 vs year ago 297 · 28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
40 vs last sale 70 21 vs year ago 51 · 41.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
6 vs last sale 16 22 vs year ago 32 · 68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on average. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Cattle was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $109.66/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$109.66
70 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.23
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523117.7661630
Medium and Large 2554103.8657524
Medium and Large 3470103.1748516thin
One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale70 hd
109.66
AR average9 barns · 831 hd
115.89
−6.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,58858.759332thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,95542.508311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,21341.0249824

Every lot, as filed

76 lots · USDA AMS · Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2585102.66/cwt100.00–105.006013
BullsMedium and Large 2472110.00/cwt110.00–110.005193
HeifersMedium and Large 272085.00/cwt85.00–85.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 2330117.00/cwt117.00–117.003861
SteersMedium and Large 1518121.95/cwt117.00–127.0063211
SteersMedium and Large 1490128.31/cwt127.00–131.006294
BullsMedium and Large 171397.97/cwt92.00–102.006993
BullsMedium and Large 1375135.34/cwt135.00–136.005083
SteersMedium and Large 2422121.77/cwt114.00–126.005143
SteersMedium and Large 2568106.23/cwt104.00–109.506033
SteersMedium and Large 1440132.00/cwt132.00–132.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1335141.00/cwt141.00–141.004721
BullsMedium and Large 1561116.00/cwt115.00–117.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 1478119.00/cwt118.00–120.005693
BullsMedium and Large 267091.64/cwt90.00–93.006143
BullsMedium and Large 2430123.05/cwt119.00–127.005292
BullsMedium and Large 1520117.87/cwt114.00–121.506135
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added638122.50/cwt122.00–123.007822
HeifersMedium and Large 1511116.73/cwt114.00–121.005964
SteersMedium and Large 1675116.00/cwt116.00–116.007831
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added673120.51/cwt119.00–122.008114
BullsMedium and Large 1420129.96/cwt127.00–133.005462
SteersMedium and Large 1707113.85/cwt108.50–117.508053
SteersMedium and Large 1630116.98/cwt116.00–118.007373
SteersMedium and Large 1573116.65/cwt115.00–118.006683
SteersMedium and Large 1785108.49/cwt107.50–109.508522
BullsMedium and Large 1630101.02/cwt99.00–103.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 181585.00/cwt85.00–85.006931
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
BullsMedium and Large 1318136.66/cwt134.00–138.004353
HeifersMedium and Large 1419119.98/cwt115.00–122.005037
HeifersMedium and Large 1615103.64/cwt100.00–108.006373
BullsMedium and Large 195075.00/cwt75.00–75.007131
BullsMedium and Large 176092.00/cwt92.00–92.006991
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20175.51/cwt66.00–90.009074
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2970890.00/cwt890.00–890.008,6331
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-294589.00/cwt89.00–89.008411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21451.58/cwt41.50–66.006264
HeifersMedium and Large 350594.50/cwt94.00–95.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 347097.27/cwt95.00–99.504572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12023.47/cwt22.00–25.002632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01534.83/cwt30.00–37.503543
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight67529.00/cwt29.00–29.001961
Bulls1,67570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1731
BullsMedium and Large 3375107.48/cwt105.00–110.004033
BullsMedium and Large 352798.08/cwt95.00–101.005175
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37053.61/cwt50.50–55.007343
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27042.88/cwt37.50–47.0054515
Bulls1,50047.50/cwt47.50–47.507131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,95542.50/cwt42.50–42.508311
HeifersMedium and Large 2530102.62/cwt100.00–106.005443
BullsMedium and Large 2514109.82/cwt107.00–113.005646
BullsMedium and Large 3307120.33/cwt120.00–121.003693
BullsMedium and Large 358594.97/cwt92.00–98.005562
SteersMedium and Large 341397.58/cwt95.00–100.004032
SteersMedium and Large 3395105.00/cwt105.00–105.004151
HeifersMedium and Large 2410109.35/cwt106.00–112.004483
HeifersMedium and Large 2374108.98/cwt104.50–114.004086
HeifersMedium and Large 2578103.09/cwt100.00–105.505964
HeifersMedium and Large 261587.00/cwt87.00–87.005351
HeifersMedium and Large 342395.00/cwt95.00–95.004022
HeifersMedium and Large 337197.12/cwt90.00–101.003605
BullsMedium and Large 271085.66/cwt85.00–87.006083
BullsMedium and Large 262592.00/cwt92.00–92.005751
SteersMedium and Large 2465115.99/cwt114.50–118.005393
HeifersMedium and Large 2465109.76/cwt106.00–115.005104
BullsMedium and Large 374577.00/cwt77.00–77.005741
BullsMedium and Large 3465105.00/cwt105.00–105.004882
HeifersMedium and Large 1355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
BullsMedium and Large 1470123.44/cwt121.00–129.005806
SteersMedium and Large 2623104.75/cwt104.50–105.006532
SteersMedium and Large 2670104.52/cwt102.00–107.007002
BullsMedium and Large 2323125.35/cwt120.00–130.004052
BullsMedium and Large 276075.00/cwt75.00–75.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 1317121.64/cwt121.00–122.003863
HeifersMedium and Large 1578112.73/cwt111.00–114.006524

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.